Alarm-clock



P. BARLETTA.

ALARM CLOCK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6. I9I9.

1,350,693, Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

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vP. BARLETTA,

ALARM CLOCK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6, I9I9.

1 ,350,693, Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

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ALARM-CLOCK.

To all whom t may concern Be it known that I, PETER BARLETTA, a citizen of Italy, and residing at Lyndhurst, in the county of Hudson and Stateof New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Alarm-Clocks, of which the following is a specification, such as will enable those skilledV in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

his invention relates to alarm clocks, and particularly to devices of this class desi ned to be used in the home, and the object o the invention is to provide an alarm clock which is automatically and electrically operated; a further obj ect being to provide means whereby an electric-light bulb positioned about the face of the clock may be illuminated at any time; a still further object being to provide another light bulb which may be automatically illuminated vwhen the electricalarm is automatically sounded; and with these and other objects in view the invention consists in a device of the class and for the purpose specified, constructed andoperatin as hereinafter described and claimed.

glhe invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, of which the accompanying drawing forms a part,in which the separate parts of my improvement are designated by suitable referencecharacters in each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a front view of my improved clock;

Fig. 2 a side view thereof;

Fig. 3 a plan view;

Fig. 4 a back view showing part of the construction broken away;

F ig. 5 a diagrammatic view of an ordinary alarm clock showing my electrical connection therewith; and

Fig. 6 a diagrammatic view of the electrical connections of the complete device.

In Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, I have shown at 10 my improved clock device in its assembled position, said device consisting ofa boxshaped casing 11, closed at the front, opposite sides, and top and bottom, and the back of which is open as shown at 12 and provided with a hinged door 13 held in a closed position by a catch device 14. Within the casing 11 is a shelf member 15 which divides the compartment of said casing into top and bottom chambers 16 and 17 which open backwardly and are closed by the hinged door 13. v The top of the casing 11` is' provided with an upstanding clock supporting member 18 Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 6, 1919. Serial No. 322,117.

provided' with a circular aperture 19 inwhich an ordinary alarm clock 20 is mounted, the feet 21 offsaid clock resting upon the top of the casing 11, as clearly shown in Fig. 4. The alarm clock 20, as stated, is of the usual form and construction, and is provided with an alarm which is set and operated in the usual manner.

In practice, I place in the chamber 16 and upon the shelf 15 a batte'ry 22, and secured to the bottom of the shelf 15 and within the chamber 17 is an electric bell 23. An electric light bulb 24 is mounted in the top wall ofthe casing 11 centrally of and in front of the clock supporting member 18, as clearly shown in Figs. `1 and 2, and another electric light bulb 25 is suspended from a hook-shaped arm 26 secured to the back of the clock supporting member 18 and bent upwardly, forwardly and downwardly to bring the bulb over and in front of the top portion of the ,clock 2O as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2.

Mounted on the top of the casing 11 rear- Patented Aug. 24, 1920.

wardly of the member 18 isa switch device 27 which operates in connection with two` contacts 28 and 29. Another switch device- 30 is mounted on the back of the member 18 and adjacent to the top of the casing 11 as shown in Fig. 4, and is adapted to operate in connection with a contact 31 to open and close the circuit to the electric light bulb 25.

,Two binding posts 32 and 33 are mounted in one'side wall of the casing 11 and with which a push button switch device 34 is connected through wires 35- and 36. I also preferably mount within the clock 20, or the casing thereof, an electric contact device 37 which is adapted to make contact with a spring arm 38 usually employed in alarm clocks, which arm is automatically released to make contact with the contact device 37 when a predetermined hour at which the alarm Awas previously set is reached for the purpose of automatically sounding the bell 23 as hereinafter set out.

The electric wiring of my improved clock device will be readily understood on a consideration of Fig. 6 from which it will be seen that the pole 39 of the battery 22 s placed in communication with the contact device 37 within the clock 20 through a wire l(lonnected with the other pole 43 of the battery is a wire 44 which connects with the alarm 24, and another wire 45 is connected with said alarm and with the binding post 32. A wire 46 connects with thevbinding post 32 and with the contact 28 of the switch 27. A wire 47 is also connected with the Vpole 43 of the battery and with eration thereof, it will be seen that with the' switches 27 and 30 in the position shown inv Fig. 6, the electric light bulb 24 may be illuminated at any time by operating the push button switch 34 which closes the circuit through the wires 35, 36, 42, 44 and 45. llt the switch 27 be moved into connection with the Contact 28 and the push button switch 34K operated, it will'be seen by tracing the circuit that the' light 24 will be operated and the bell 23 sounded, and by closing the switch the same operation of the push button switch 34 will also illudescribed comprising a source of electrical rrinate the light bulb 25. llt will be seen that `the above described sounding of the bell 23 will be independent of the clock 20,

or the mechanism therein. By leavingv thel switch 30 open and moving the switch 27 into engagementwith the contact 29, and by setting the alarm clock 20, or the alarm setting mechanism thereot,.at the hour` of 3 oclock tor example, it wilL be seen, by tracing the circuit, that when the clock reaches the designated hour, the circuit' through the wires 40 and 41. will be automatically closed through the contact device 37 and spring arm 38 within the clock 2O and the bell 23 will be sounded. By closing the switch 30 prior to the above operation, the light 25 will automatically be illuminated when the bell 23 is sounded, and the y operation of said bell and the illumination titl of said light will continue until the switch 27 has been opened or the alarm setting mechanism of theclock moved into a did'erent position.-

4lln short, as will be seen, there are six distinct functions or operations that canbe produced by the clock device, as above described. First, the clock may beused in' the manner of .ana-ordinary alarm clock independent of the battery, bell, bulbs, etc. Second, the bulb 24 may be illuminated at any time. rllhird, the bulb 24 and bell 23 may be both operated at one time. Fourth,

llt will also be apparent that while ll I have shown 'a certain form of clock casing and a 'specic arrangement of the various mechanism of the device, my invention is not necessarily limited to these details, and various changes in and modifications of the construction herein shown and described may be made, vwithin the scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully described my invention, what ll claim as new and desire to secure by Letters lllatent, is

1. An electric alarm device of the class' described comprising a source of electrical supply, an alarm clock in electrical connection therewith, means within the clock for making and breaking the circuit thereto, a light bulb in circuit with said source of electrical supply, a switch for opening and closing said circuit, an electric bell in circuit with saidsource of electrical supply, and a switch device for closing the circuit to said bellin two diderent positions thereof.

2. An electric alarm device of the class supply, an alarm clock in electrical connection therewith, means withinfthe 'clock ,for making and breaking the circuit thereto, a light bulb in circuit with said source of electrical supply, a switch for opening and closing said circuit, an electric bell in circuit with said source of electrical supply, a

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lltltt switch device for closing the circuit to said vbell in two diderent positions thereof, an-

other light bulb in circuit with said source of electrical supply, and a switch device for controlling said last named circuit.

3. An electric alarm device of theclass described 'comprising a clock, an electric bell, and electric light bulbs all placed in electric circuits, a switch device for controlling the circuits to said bell and clock,`

another switch for controlling the circuit to one of said bulbs, and a switch device tor controllingthe circuit tothe other of `ail? bulbs, the rst named bulb and said ln testimony that l claim'the foregoing as my invention l have signed my name in presence of thesubscribing witnesses this 30th day ot August, 1919.

rn'rnu BARLETTA.

Witnesses:

C. E. Monument, lll. lE. 'llnoiursorrfv 

